Author Archives: Al Eisenbarth

Week 13 – Government Budget

Before class on Monday, 04/26
Read – Lumen Learning: Macroeconomics – on Government Budget
Read – Lu (2020) – U.S. Current Debt breakdown

Before class on Thursday, 04/29
have completed or tried all of Weekly Review 10

Before class on Monday, 04/19
Watch (08:10) – Schamus (2014) – Part 2 of That Film About Money
Read – Lumen Learning: Macroeconomics – on Central Bank tools

Before class on Thursday, 04/22
Have completed or tried all of Weekly Review 9

Before class on Monday, 04/12
Watch (4:50) – Mazzucato (2013) – Government as Innovator
Read – Lumen Learning: Macroeconomics – Fiscal Policy
Slides: Keynesian Cross and Fiscal Policy – Eisenbarth (2021)
In Class/Optional
Mazzucato, Mariana. (2020). “It’s 2023. Here’s How We Fixed the Global Economy.” TIME Magazine. https://time.com/collection/great-reset/5900739/fix-economy-by-2023/

Before class on Thursday, 04/15,
have completed or attempted all of Weekly Review 8

Before Class on Monday, 04/05
Read: CORE – The Economy on Multipliers
Watch (09:19) – Khan (2013) – Keynesian Cross Diagram
Keynesian Cross & Multipliers – my slides

Before Class on Thursday, 04/08
Have completed or tried all of Weekly Review 7

In Class
Sequiera, Robbie. (2021). “How stimulus might not be enough to help poor or economy.” The Gainesville Times. 10 March.

Before Class on Monday, 03/22
Read – Lumen Learning: Macroeconomics
From Module 16: “Strengthening and Weakening Currencies”
Optional: Watch (07:25) – Khan (2021)

In Class
Reis, Nadine. (2020). “The Perils of Monetary Policy in the Global Periphery during the Covid-19 Pandemic.” Developing Economics. 22 September.

Before Class on Thursday, 03/25
Have attempted or completed all of Weekly Review 6

Before Class on Tuesday, 03/16
Watch (14:27) – Blumberg (2013)
Read – Lumen Learning: Macroeconomics (from Module 15: “Absolute and Comparative Advantage” & “Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade”)

Before Class on Thursday, 03/18
Have tried or completed all of Weekly Review 5